10-Day Danube Cruises
What if you explored Budapest with a city tour, enjoyed a Hungarian folklore show on board, and experienced Oktoberfest in Munich? The Danube delivers culture and celebration. Visit Vienna's Kunsthistorisches Museum packed with masterpieces, tour Göttweig Abbey and the scenic Wachau Valley, and basically this cruise times perfectly with Munich's famous festival. Ten days of European highlights with beer gardens as the grand finale.
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European Charm GO
This 9-day route covers 6 countries and 9 cities from Vienna to Amsterdam with Prague Castle admission, Danube cruises in Budapest and Prague, and a Rhine cruise between Rüdesheim and St. Goar. You'll see Prague's Old Town Square, walk through Rothenburg ob der Tauber's medieval center, and check out Zaanse Schans windmills and Volendam fishing village.

Vienna Austria
133 miBudapest Hungary
100 miBratislava Slovakia
181 miPrague Czech Republic
52 miPilsen Czech Republic
144 miRothenburg ob der Tauber Germany
84 miFrankfurt-am-Main Germany
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Rudesheim am Rhein Germany
15 miSankt Goar Germany
63 miCologne Germany
132 miAmsterdam Netherlands
7 miZaanse Schans Netherlands
10 miVolendam Netherlands
19 miMarken Netherlands
8 miAmsterdam Netherlands
Illuminations on the Danube (Eastbound) 2026
Luxury Suite Ships carry passengers from Vilshofen to Budapest over 10 days, stopping at 8 major ports including Vienna's Imperial Palace and Bratislava's St. Martin's Cathedral. The route includes the Schlögen Oxbow, Wachau Valley's vineyards, and Hungary's Danube-Ipoly National Park.

What people love about 10-day Danube river cruises
- European Charm GO
The trip was incredible. All the stops we did were very interesting and well organized. The tour guides and the tour manager did an amazing job. All the countries but Netherlands were amazing. Netherlands was fine in the morning with the windmills but so busy in the city, crowded and crazy bike riders then make the experience not so great. I definitely will do another tour in the future.
- Danube Classics Vienna 2026
Beautiful and comfortable cruise. Shout out to Neils so helpful. We think they need to redesign their drink packages so confusing. And the wine included in the premium package was not of good quality and taste. A couple of the drink staff were a bit rude and condescending. But they did appear short staffed




























